The Secret Saturdays

Even though The Secret Saturdays, which airs on the Cartoon Network (and Teletoon in Canada), has only been around since 2008, kids are going absolutely ape over it! It’s a cartoon series that follows the adventures of the Saturdays – a family of zoologists (that means they study animals) that are doing their best to keep an important secret from being spilled. If anyone ever did find out about the cryptids – monsters that haven’t yet been discovered by science – it would spell serious trouble for both humans and the monsters themselves.

The Story Of The Saturdays

Zak Saturday and his parents, Doc and Drew, are a hard-working family. As part of an organization of scientists who protect mankind from the hidden and terrifying secrets of the world, the Saturdays travel the Earth, exploring ancient temples and bottomless caves and battling evil villains like V. V. Argost and rival cryptozoologist Van Rook. The family searches high and low for cryptids, in an attempt to keep the existence of these unusual beasts hidden from the rest of the world. In fact, the Saturdays keep many cryptids as pets, and they’re actually a pretty loving bunch.

Meet The Saturdays

Zak Saturday:

11 years old

Son of Doc and Drew

Has a special bond with cryptids, which means he can calm the weaker ones

Primary weapon is the Claw – a staff/grapping hook combo

Stronger than normal kids his age

Solomon “Doc” Saturday:

Spent his whole life studying cryptids

His mentor was Doctor Honeyco from Honey Island

His right eye is blue with a scar over it and he has a white streak in the middle of his hair

He’s a genius and builds many of his own gadgets

He takes science very seriously

He's trained in 14 different forms of martial arts

He’s got four crystals on the knuckles of his right hand, and each has an individual power: freezing, heating, shocking and sonic vibrations

Drew Saturday:

She believes in magic and is a mystic

She was raised by monks after a blizzard separated her from her family in the Himalayas

She can speak 37 languages

She’s protective of her only son, Zak

She is a skilled fighter whose preferred weapon is the Tibetan Fire Sword, which absorbs light and channels it into potential bursts of flame

Fiskerton:

A 7-foot-tall “gorilla cat” with glowing red eyes

One of the last cryptids

Adopted by the Saturdays after losing his home in England

He’s like a brother to Zak

Mostly talks in grunts but the family can understand him

Possesses great physical strength (although he can be a coward at times)

Komodo:

250-pound komodo dragon

Always hungry

Can blend in with his surroundings

Claws sharp enough to slice through metal

Likes to pick fights with Fiskerton

Zon:

A surviving member of the thought to be extinct Pterosaur species

Lives in a nest near the Saturday headquarters

Zak saved her life

Not scared of humans and lets Zak comb her mane and ride her

Doyle Blackwell:

Zak’s long-lost younger brother – they have a small sibling rivalry going

Has a tendency to show off

He fights using a combination of grenades, lasers and hand-to-hand combat

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